RAVRS (pronounced "ray-vers") is a community for people who love dance music and club culture.

Who is playing where this week? When is your favorite DJ coming to Japan? What is that club or festival you want to visit actually like? We bring events, artists, clubs and festivals in Japan and around the world together in one place.

If you want to start DJing, we also have a textbook, a glossary, a simulator, and directories of DJ schools and practice studios across Japan.

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Mission

Making people happy through dance music.

Clubs and festivals are what make life worth living for me.

The rush the moment a favorite track comes on. The time spent letting the sound move you as you dance. The emotion you share with friends, and sometimes with people whose names you do not even know.

Even after years, I still want to go back to those places. My love for it grew so much that I started DJing myself.

I want more people to know this joy. And I want this culture to get even livelier and to keep going.

That is why I created RAVRS.

Imagine AI advances to the point where humans no longer need to do most of their work.

In the end, maybe the only thing left for people is to gather and play.

Listening to music. Dancing. Laughing with someone. Going wild at the same moment with people you do not know.

I am imagining that kind of future, and I am pretty serious about it.

When work is no longer the center of life, I believe places like clubs and festivals, where people gather, share music, and enjoy the same moment, will mean far more than they do now.

Whether you are setting foot on a dance floor for the first time, looking forward to every weekend, or delivering sound as a DJ.

Through dance music, life gets more enjoyable.

You make new friends.

You find a place you want to go back to.

RAVRS will create those opportunities.

Operator

Portrait of Mackey

Mackey

Founder / Editor-in-Chief

About 20 years as an audience member at clubs and music festivals. As a raver, he has experienced the dance music scene in Japan and abroad firsthand.

Alongside running a company, he began performing in earnest as a club DJ in April 2025. He has played at major nightclubs in Tokyo and has also made guest appearances during weekend peak hours.

He has performed at World DJ Festival Japan, one of the largest music festivals in Japan, for two years in a row, in 2025 and 2026.

Drawing on his experience living in the United States and France, he is an open-format DJ who plays a wide-ranging selection that crosses eras and genres.

Going forward, he plans to take up music composition as well, aiming to become a producer DJ.

Past appearances
Zouk Tokyo / 1OAK Tokyo / SEL OCTAGON TOKYO / CÉ LA VI TOKYO / RAISE / V2 TOKYO / T2 SHINJUKU / WOMB, and more
Mackey playing on a festival stage
Photo: Mackey 提供